Croatia vs Italy: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Croatia
5.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Italy
5.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Croatia rank
63rd
Italy rank
64th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time
- Croatia
- Italy
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 5.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Italy, a difference of 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Italy ahead.
Croatia ranks 63rd and Italy ranks 64th of 198 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1221 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2941 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1860s | 0.121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3336 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1870s | 0.122 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3954 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2734 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1880s | 0.1232 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5381 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4149 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.1457 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6351 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4895 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.1887 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6025 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.1804 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9066 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7262 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.5087 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5485 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1930s | 0.5685 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5919 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1940s | 0.5155 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9193 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1950s | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6765 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1960s | 2.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1970s | 3.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1980s | 4.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1990s | 4.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2000s | 5.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2010s | 5.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2020s | 5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4152 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry, Croatia or Italy?
- Croatia, at 5.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Croatia and Italy?
- 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Italy?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Croatia and Italy rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- Croatia ranks 63rd and Italy ranks 64th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.